Crossword Puzzle Number 1422 (Medium Grid)

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ACROSS

1. The number of opening per inch of a screen.
5. A small flat triangular bone in front of the knee that protects the knee joint.
12. A syndrome that occurs in many women from 2 to 14 days before the onset of menstruation.
15. (prefix) Opposite or opposing or neutralizing.
16. The fleshy pendulous part of the external human ear.
17. A rapid escape (as by criminals).
18. One of a pair of planks used to make a track for rolling or sliding objects.
19. Set afire.
20. The act of using.
21. A benefice to which no spiritual or pastoral duties are attached.
23. Depressing in character or appearance.
25. Sluggish tailless Australian arboreal marsupial with gray furry ears and coat.
28. An ancient unit of length based on the length of the forearm.
29. Informal terms for a mother.
31. (Hawaiian) A small guitar having four strings.
32. A woman of refinement.
34. Remove from memory or existence.
37. A port city in southwestern Iran.
41. Light informal conversation for social occasions.
45. A South American shrub whose leaves are chewed by natives of the Andes.
46. Protect from heat, cold, noise, etc. by surrounding with insulating material.
49. Committee formed by a special-interest group to raise money for their favorite political candidates.
51. Former measure of the US economy.
52. King of Sparta and hero of the battle of Thermopylae where is was killed by the Persians (died in 480 BC).
53. Tall perennial herb of tropical Asia with dark green leaves.
55. The 3 goddesses of fate or destiny.
56. United States writer (born in Poland) who wrote in Yiddish (1880-1957).
58. An informal term for a father.
59. A blemish made by dirt.
60. A white metallic element that burns with a brilliant light.
61. Before noon.
63. Inflict a heavy blow on, with the hand, a tool, or a weapon.
67. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
71. A high-crowned black cap (usually made of felt or sheepskin) worn by men in Turkey and Iran and the Caucasus.
75. A particular environment or walk of life.
77. United States liquid unit equal to 4 quarts or 3.785 liters.
78. A plant hormone promoting elongation of stems and roots.
79. A cut of pork ribs with much of the meat trimmed off.
81. An ugly evil-looking old woman.
82. Free from liquid or moisture.
83. A large estate in Spanish-speaking countries.
84. A flat wing-shaped process or winglike part of an organism.

DOWN

1. Occurring widely (as to many people).
2. (Sumerian) Water god and god of wisdom.
3. A distinctive odor that is offensively unpleasant.
4. Grossly offensive to decency or morality.
5. German chemist remembered for his discovery of the ring structure of benzene (1829-1896).
6. The basic unit of money in Nigeria.
7. Bulky grayish-brown eagle with a short wedge-shaped white tail.
8. Late time of life.
9. A pass between mountain peaks.
10. In bed.
11. A tricycle (usually propelled by pedalling).
12. Exactly vertical.
13. A Nilotic language.
14. Small cold-water silvery fish.
22. A block of solid substance (such as soap or wax).
24. Wood of a sumac.
26. A form of magnetic resonance imaging of the brain that registers blood flow to functioning areas of the brain.
27. (Akkadian) God of wisdom.
30. A genus of orb-weaving spiders including common garden spiders and barn spiders.
33. (Irish) Mother of the Tuatha De Danann.
35. Become imbued.
36. A Chadic language spoken south of Lake Chad.
38. A religious doctrine that is proclaimed as true without proof.
39. (of complexion) Blemished by imperfections of the skin.
40. Greek mythology.
42. A military trainee (as at a military academy).
43. Flat tableland with steep edges.
44. An organization of countries formed in 1961 to agree on a common policy for the sale of petroleum.
47. Remove the clip from.
48. The dynasty that ruled much of Manchuria and northeastern China from 947 to 1125.
50. A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element.
54. (Babylonian) God of storms and wind.
57. A party of people assembled in the evening (usually at a private house).
62. A flat-bottomed volcanic crater that was formed by an explosion.
64. A member of a rural Finnish people living in eastern Russia.
65. Small slender gull having narrow wings and a forked tail.
66. A town in north central Oklahoma.
68. Title for a civil or military leader (especially in Turkey).
69. Any of numerous local fertility and nature deities worshipped by ancient Semitic peoples.
70. Primitive chlorophyll-containing mainly aquatic eukaryotic organisms lacking true stems and roots and leaves.
72. Concerning those not members of the clergy.
73. The residue that remains when something is burned.
74. An accountant certified by the state.
76. A loose sleeveless outer garment made from aba cloth.
80. A radioactive element of the actinide series.

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